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Little League teams to vie for District 3 title
Umatilla County teams to take part in
six-day tournament in Baker City
By COREY KIRK
Baker City Herald
BAKER CITY — A total
of 34 Little League baseball
and softball teams from across
Eastern Oregon will gather in
Baker City Saturday, June 19,
through Thursday, June 24, for
the District 3 tournament.
Games will be played at
the Baker Sports Complex
and at Wade Williams Elks
Memorial Park.
The tournament includes
seven divisions:
• Baseball: ages 8-10, 9-11,
10-12 and juniors.
• Softball: ages 8-10, 10-12
and juniors.
In addition to the Baker
City teams, there will be
squads competing from
Harney County, Hermiston,
La Grande, Milton-Freewater,
Pendleton, Wallowa Valley,
TOURNAMENT
INFORMATION
More information is avail-
able at the Baker Little
League Facebook page,
including a link to full
tournament coverage at
https://tourneymachine.
com/R92074.
Grant County, Pilot Rock and
Columbia.
Baker Little League was
scheduled to host the 2020
district tournament, but those
plans were derailed when
the Little League season was
canceled due to the COVID-
19 pandemic.
That gave Baker Little
League officials additional
time to prepare for the event.
“We’ve known about the
tournament for a couple of
years now, approaching two
years,” Baker Little League
President Jason McClaughry
said.
This is the first major
tournament Baker City has
hosted since the 2018 state
softball event.
“The planning of course
starts at the Baker Little
League level, as the host we
have to plan concessions, we
have to plan out fi eld mainte-
nance, who is going to do the
score keeping as far as score-
books and scoreboards,”
McClaughry said. “Any train-
ing that we’ve done to do those
things, hosting the umpires,
fi nding accommodations for
them. Just kind of the basic
supplies that go into hosting an
event, whether it’s trash cans
to trash bags, spoons, forks,
baseball equipment to chalk,
to lining fi elds, there’s a lot of
little details that go into it.”
McClaughry credited the
constructive feedback and
advice of other leagues, and
the District 3 administra-
tor Matt Martin for help in
preparing for the tournament.
“He’s got a big role in
connecting with the western
region of Little League and
Little League International,
down to us at the local league
so there’s all sorts of planning
See Baseball, Page B2
Three local players
compete in All-State
baseball series
LES SCHWAB BOWL
that included six doubles, a
triple and 19 RBIs. He also
scored 26 times, and struck
out just four times.
On the mound, Wilson
was 3-1 with a 4.50 ERA for
the 8-7 Vikings. He struck
out 36 and walked 21. At
By ANNIE FOWLER
the plate, he hit .574 with
fi ve doubles, one triple and
East Oregonian
24 RBIs. He only struck out
HEPPNER — Heppner’s twice.
Jackson Lehman and Hayden
It will be a busy week for
Hyatt, along with Umatil- Lehman, who will have a 2A
la’s James Wilson, have state basketball game against
Knappa on Monday
been selected to
play on the National
in Portland, then the
team in the Oregon
All-Star Game on
Tuesday.
3A/2A/1A All-Star
Baseball Series.
If the Mustangs
The games will
should win their
be played June 22 at
basketball game
Volcanoes Stadium
Monday, they would
in Keizer at 3:30 p.m.
Hyatt
play again Wednes-
and 6 p.m.
day.
Coa ch i ng t he
“It’s coming up
National team are
pretty quick, we’ll
Keith Wallin of
see how it goes,”
Brookings-Harbor,
Lehman said.
and Jeremy Werner
“Basketball will be
of Central Linn.
tough on Monday,
Lehman and
but if we play our
Lehman
game, we should be
Hyatt are the first
OK. I’m excited to
two Heppner play-
ers chosen to play in
play against Knappa.
They were fun to
the series in the past
fi ve years, according
watch at state last
to Mustangs coach
year. We will see how
Tim Wilkins.
our defense goes. We
The same goes for
are all athletes, but
Wilson.
not pure basketball
“This is a fi rst in
Wilson
players.”
the fi ve years I have
Lehman and Hyatt
been here,” Vikings coach haven’t played baseball since
Jon Garrett said. “James was the state tournament, but
one of my main pitchers, my recently they went to the fi eld
starting catcher and he also to get in a few swings.
played shortstop.”
“We threw each other BP
Lehman and Hyatt helped and our hitting was fine,”
the Mustangs to a third-place Lehman said. “His dad hit
finish at the 2A/1A state us some ground balls and our
tournament, beating Western fi elding was good.”
Christian 5-0 in their fi nal
This is the first year
game. Heppner fi nished the Lehman had played baseball
season 15-4.
since he was in the seventh
Hyatt was a big reason grade, but with a little
behind the Mustangs’ encouragement from his
success.
friends, he joined the team.
The right-hander threw
“My senior year is my
51.1 innings with a 9-2 record fi rst year back,” he said. “I
and a .409 ERA. He allowed told them if they would put
just three earned runs all in the eff ort I saw in practice
season. He also struck out that I would play. It was cool.
64 and walked 23.
Those are guys I played with
In 59 at-bats, Lehman hit my whole life. It was fun to
.525 with a team-high 31 hits play with them again.”
Heppner’s Lehman
and Hyatt, and
Umatilla’s Wilson
will play on the
National team
Ben Lonergan/East Oregonian, File
Pendleton’s Tyasin Burns (23) picks up yardage on a run during the fi rst half of a 20-12 win over the Ridgview
Ravens March 12, 2021, at the Pendleton Round-Up Grounds. Burns was selected as a running back/defensive
back for the South team for the Les Schwab Bowl on July 3, 2021, at Linfi eld University in McMinnville.
BOWL BOUND
Pendleton’s
Burns, Heppner’s
Wilson to play
for South team
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
P
ENDLETON — Tyasin
Burns made people take
notice when he played
at the 1A level. When
he arrived at 5A Pend-
leton, a whole new group of football
fans got to see him work his magic
on the fi eld.
His talents did not go unnoticed.
Burns was selected as a running
back/defensive back for the South
team for the Les Schwab Bowl
on July 3 at Linfi eld University in
McMinnville. Game time is 6 p.m.
Pendleton’s Erik Davis was
chosen as an assistant coach for the
South team.
“This is unexpected,” Burns said.
“I didn’t think they were going to
have a game.”
LES SCHWAB BOWL
SOUTH ROSTER
Coaches — Justin Stark, Thurston,
Brian Crum, Mountain View, Erik Da-
vis, Pendleton, Scott Gray, Thurston,
Chris Newell, Thurston, Steve Turner,
North Medford.
Quarterbacks — Jayden Wilson,
Heppner; Jakoby Moss, Mountain
View.
Running backs/defensive backs
— DeMarcus Phillips Housron,
West Albany; Dawson Muggy,
Thurston; Gavin Knights, Thurston;
DJ Daugherty, Marshfi eld; Tyasin
Burns, Pendleton; Devin Bradd,
North Medford; Gunner Yates, Co-
quille; Dane Sipos, Lebanon; Ja’Marr
Flippen, Banks.
Off ensive/defensive linemen
— Emilio Castaneda, Hood River
Valley; Samiu Letisi, South Salem; TJ
Zimmerman, West Albany; Keenan
In a unique twist this year, the Les
Schwab Bowl, which typically is for
6A and 5A players, has chosen a few
select underclassmen to play in the
O’Donnell, Thurston; Jalen Stead-
mon, South Medford; Kross Galago,
Thurston; Josiah MacPherson, Marist;
Jimmy Jordahl, Crater; Bryson Kievit,
Sprague; Brian Jenkins, Thurston;
Adrian McConnell, West Salem; Kale
Pasley, Marist; Robert Silva, Camas
(WA); Jackson Bailey, Summit; Alexis
Plummer, Mountain View (WA).
Linebackers — Lucas Tuski, Marist;
Dante Haven, Grants Pass; Zak
Gable, Mountain View (WA); Chance
Hendrickson, West Albany; Thur-
man Bibens, Union; Brycen Indell,
Willamette.
Tight ends/receivers — Trenton
Hughes, Hood River Valley; Jake
Bowen, Union; Jacob Newell, Thur-
ston; Cole Brosterhaus, Mazama;
Kasey Robinson, Springfi eld; Dawson
Douglas, Crater.
Kicker — Soren McKee, Summit.
game, as well as a few small-school
players.
See Bowl, Page B2
SPORTS SHORT
Brady, Mahomes share cover of Madden NFL 22
By ARON YOHANNES
The Oregonian
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — The
last time football fans watched an
NFL game, it featured Tom Brady
and Patrick Mahomes dueling in
Super Bowl LV. Leading up to next
season, they’ll face off again on the
new cover of Madden.
EA Sports revealed on Thursday,
June 17, that Brady and Mahomes
are sharing the cover of the “MVP
Edition” of Madden NFL 22, the
latest copy of the legendary football
video game series.
“Whenever you fi rst get on the
cover, that’s a special moment,”
Mahomes told ESPN. “So to be
on it again, twice, with an all-time
great like Tom Brady, it’s a special
moment that I’m glad that I’m able
to do so soon after I had done it the
fi rst time.”
EA Sports teased the cover on
Monday by posting a video featuring
former Cleveland Browns running
back and Madden cover star Peyton
Hillis and two goats leaving a barn.
Mahomes and Brady have each
been on Madden covers in previ-
ous years. Mahomes’ first cover
was Madden 20. Brady’s fi rst cover
(fi nally) came in Madden 18. They’re
the fi rst duo to don the video game
cover since Pittsburgh Steelers
safety Troy Polamalu and Arizona
Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitz-
gerald went head-to-head in Madden
10.
Madden typically has a single
athlete on the cover. Baltimore
Ravens quarterback Lamar Jack-
son, Mahomes and Tampa Bay wide
receiver Antonio Brown have been
the faces the last three years.
Madden NFL 22 is set to be
released Aug. 20.
EA Sports revealed on
Thursday, June 17, that
Tom Brady and Patrick
Mahomes are sharing
the cover of the “MVP
Edition” of Madden NFL
22, the latest copy of
the legendary football
video game series.
The Associated Press